Nita Lowey currently serves the 18th Congressional district of New York

Nita M. Lowey is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She currently representsNew York's 18th Congressional District (map), located in the northern suburbs of New York City and includes most of Westchester County including New Rochelle, White Plains and Ossining, as well as part of Rockland County. She was first elected to the U.S. House in 1988 to serve New York's 20th district.

Record and controversies

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Pro-Israeli Agent

Nita Lowey is one of the most active Congresspersons pushing a pro-Israeli agenda. Jeffrey Blankfort, a California-based journalist, activist and former editor of the Middle East Labor Bulletin, comments about Lowey: "... Nita Lowey is one of Israel's most devoted agents in Congress..."[4]

FY2008 budget

On June 5, 2007, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations approved a measure that would allow the president, now or in the future, to waive current provisions that require one-third of all U.S. aid for HIV/AIDS prevention be spend on abstinence-only programs, opening up the possibility of funding to international family planning organizations since barred from American aid resources. President Bush would not be expected to reverse the requirements, but it would leave the option open for the next president to do so. The subcommittee's Republican members, led by ranking member Frank Wolf (R-Va.), came out against the measure, citing the president's threat to veto any legislation weakening abortion laws. Rep. Lowey, the subcommittee Chair, stated that the legislation does not violate the anti-abortion policy as it leaves the authority to the president to make the decision.

Congresional career

In 2004, Lowey received 69% of the vote against political neophyte Richard A. Hoffman, a Wall Street Investor and largely self-funded candidate who ran on a platform of opposing special interests and cutting federal taxes. Lowey emphasized her track record on homeland security issues, notably her work to reform the formula for distributing homeland security grants to states.

Committees: House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Appropriations/Subcommittee on State Foreign Opeartions and Related Programs, House Committee on Appropriations/Subcommittee on Homeland Security, House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel/Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies, House Committee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Homeland Security/Subcommittee on Emergency Communications Preparedness and Response